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Sunday Salon - Getting back on the reading bandwagon

Don't know why, but for some reason I got off the reading bandwagon. It felt odd and different and even though I wanted to read, I just didn't have the urge to pick up a book and even if I did read, it wasn't for long periods of time and it was things that I had to read for a few book review tours that I had signed up for during the summer.

But for whatever the reason, the 24-hour Readathon a couple weeks ago energized me to start reading again on a regular basis. I guess what I needed was some sort of focus in my reading for a sustained amount of time and that really jump started me again into reading on a more regular basis and to enjoy reading again and less of a chore. It's kinda of funny, but I sense another lull coming, but I suppose it depends on how many required books I have to read and whether I am enjoying the books that I am reading for enjoyment. And how I am feeling physically.

I am also hoping to make a vegetarian lasagna today that I will split up and freeze on a cookie sheet before I put them in containers or ziploc bags for easy lunch (don't know how I missed the mozzarella when I went to the grocery store the couple times I made trips).

Here is what I finished this past month:
• Yellow-Billed Magpie by Nancy Schoellkopf (review)• Port of No Return by Michelle Saftich (review)• In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume• Birds of Passage by Joe Giordano (review)• The Dead in their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley• Mãn by Kim Thúy• Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume by Jeff SmithHere is what I am hoping to finish in November:• The Buried Giant• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell• The Orphan Master's Son• The Accidental Empress• Circling the SunHope you have a wonderful Sunday, however you choose to spend it.

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